iCal can't import ics file

[speedfreak007]

Hey,

I'm trying to import an ics file (made by a website) in ical.
When I'm trying to import it, iCal asks me in which calendar but when I click OK, i get the following error:

iCal can't read this file. there are no activities added... (or something like that, i translated it from dutch).

This is the ics file:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//KULeuven//Uurrooster//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101108T140000
DTEND:20101108T162500
SUMMARY&O Elektrotechniek, hoofdrichting
LOCATION:ELEC - lokaal 00.60 (PC-lokaal) (Dehaene W.)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101108T163500
DTEND:20101108T190000
SUMMARY&O Elektrotechniek, hoofdrichting
LOCATION:ELEC - lokaal 00.60 (PC-lokaal) (Dehaene W.)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101109T082500
DTEND:20101109T102500
SUMMARY:Elektrische energie en aandrijvingen: hoorcollege
LOCATION:ELEC - lokaal 00.54 (AUD. A) (Belmans R.)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101109T103500
DTEND:20101109T123500
SUMMARYroductietechnieken en -systemen: hoorcollege
LOCATION:C300 - lokaal 00.08 (AUD. B) (Kruth J.)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101109T163000
DTEND:20101109T190000
SUMMARY:Geïntegreerd practicum nevenrichting werktuigkunde
LOCATION:C300 - lokaal 03.44 (PC-KLAS 2) (Reynaerts D.)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101109T140000
DTEND:20101109T162500
SUMMARY:Elektronische basisschakelingen: oefeningen (3Beltwtk1)
LOCATION:MTM - lokaal 03.19
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101109T142500
DTEND:20101109T162500
SUMMARY:Elektrische energie en aandrijvingen: practica (3Beltbbh, 3Beltwtk2, 3Bwtkgmk)
LOCATION:ELEC - lokaal 00.36 (Groot Labo Machines) (Belmans R.)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101110T080000
DTEND:20101110T102500
SUMMARY:Optische en akoestische golven: oefeningen (voor 3Beltwtk2, 3Bwtkelt3)
LOCATION:200B - lokaal 01.14 (Huyse M.)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101110T103500
DTEND:20101110T123500
SUMMARY:Elektronische basisschakelingen: hoorcollege
LOCATION:ELEC - lokaal 00.54 (AUD. A) (Steyaert M.)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101110T142500
DTEND:20101110T162500
SUMMARYigitale en analoge communicatie: hoorcollege
LOCATION:ELEC - lokaal 00.54 (AUD. A) (Nauwelaers B.)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101112T082500
DTEND:20101112T102500
SUMMARY:Religie, zingeving en levensbeschouwing
LOCATION:200M - lokaal 00.06 (De Tavernier J.)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101112T103500
DTEND:20101112T123500
SUMMARY:Optische en akoestische golven: hoorcollege
LOCATION:200C - lokaal 01.17 (AUD. B) (Huyse M.)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20101112T142500
DTEND:20101112T162500
SUMMARY:Elektrische energie en aandrijvingen: hoorcollege
LOCATION:ELEC - lokaal 00.54 (AUD. A) (Belmans R.)
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR



i've checked the snippet with http://severinghaus.org/projects/icv/ and this website says it's valid file. Why can't i add this file to iCal? (it's my school shedule and i want it on my ipod touch without having to add this manually)


thx!

 

[DewGuy1999]

Maybe this will help:

Apple Community Discussions > iCal > iCal

 

[speedfreak007]

thx! but it didn't help.

however, when i upload my ics file to the ics validator (rather than pasting the snippet in it) i get an error:


Your calendar is using an invalid newline format. Make sure to use \r\n to end lines rather than just \n (RFC 2445 §4.1).

Sorry, your calendar could not be parsed.

Error: Error was: Error at line 1: Expected [BEGIN], read [{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1038\cocoasubrtf320]
Cause:

Context for line 1:
1: {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1038\cocoasubrtf320
2: {\fonttbl\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Verdana;\f1\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}
3: {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
4:\paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww9000\viewh8400\viewkind0
5: \deftab720
6: \pard\pardeftab720\ql\qnatural
7:

 

[DewGuy1999]

Your calendar is using an invalid newline format. Make sure to use \r\n to end lines rather than just \n (RFC 2445 §4.1).

I don't know what all of what you posted means, but I believe that the above means that it wants \r (carriage return) and \n (new line) rather than \n (new line) only. Can you edit/convert the file to make that possible?

 

[speedfreak007]

i found the solution. If i paste the code in a wordpad document on a windows machine and save it as .ics it just works.

still strange it doesn't work when i try this on a mac :s

 

[DewGuy1999]

i found the solution. If i paste the code in a wordpad document on a windows machine and save it as .ics it just works.

still strange it doesn't work when i try this on a mac :s

I think it's because of the different way that Windows and OS X handle carriage returns and line feeds. Glad to hear you got it working.